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Christ Church, which stands between Drover's Lane and Stricklandgate, was consecrated on 31 October 1850.

Like Macclesfield and many other small towns around, Wilmslow was to develop enormously in the 18th century with the introduction of industries linked to local silk and cotton mills.

Stand across the road, roughly in the spot where this picture was taken, and you will see that little has changed, apart from a few more trees, some road signs and plenty of traffic.

Many of the terraces would have been built by local speculators as lodgings for visitors - the mildness and salubriousness of the climate made the town popular as a winter residence.

This old tin-streaming town is perched on a windy hill a mile inland from the sea. Solidly built of heavy granite, it turns its back stolidly on the gales.

At this time, Felixstowe enjoyed popularity as a seaside resort, but the dream of eccentric local landowner Colonel Tomline to transform the town into a major port had not yet materialised - that was to

Further down are Woolworth's and Dewhurst Butchers.

A steep hill leads away from the estuary to the top of Kingsbridge town.

The petrol station in the centre of the market place was the Town Hall with an open arcaded ground floor, the arches now glazed. It dates from 1764, and surely deserved a better fate.

Home to Britain's oldest brewery, Shepherd Neame, this town sits near many fruit trees and hop fields.

It was purchased by Reuben Farley, who paid for its restoration and presented it to the town in 1898, together with four acres of land.

At first glimpse Bibury church, with its castellated roofline and square tower, looks largely 15th-century. On closer examination, however, the fabric's earlier origins become evident.

Herbert H Raphael's gift to the town of 20 acres of parkland and lake was given out of generosity, but he may also have been concerned that his envisaged development of the select Gidea Park Garden

Before the railway came in 1838 and today's town began to grow, this was the centre of Woking. Here it appears as though it is completely deserted with not a soul to be seen.

This view shows a working community—the town still thrives today.

Station Road was probably the first view of the town for most tourists, leading as it does from the railway to the sea front.

In his 'Topographical Collections' of 1659-70, John Aubrey wrote: 'Here is a strong and handsome bridge in the middest of which is a little chapell as at Bathe, for Masse'.

Outside the 19th-century cell block, where Conscientious Objectors were imprisoned in 1916, stands the Sebastopol cannon, long since gone, brought to the town in 1858 and accompanied on its journey

The viaduct which carries the main Sheffield-Leeds railway line dominates this view of the High Street of the South Yorkshire town of Denby Dale.

Here we see a pair of loaded working boats on the Aylesbury Arm near Broughton on the edge of town. The wooden stumps (bottom left) are known as strapping posts, and were used to tie up boats.

Stramongate Bridge was also known as Miller or Mill Bridge, because it linked the mills on the eastern bank of the River Kent to the 'Auld Grey Town' on the other bank.

The Quay and the harbour were once separate from the rest of the town. The present harbour walls date from the middle of the 19th century; they are built on the site of previous medieval walls.

This is one of Exmouth's two bowling greens - the other is at the back of the town at Phear Park. The high ground beyond is Gun Cliff Gardens, off Carlton Hill.

St Ives as a holiday town in the 1960s, with cafes and restaurants. The fishing connection survives, however. Boats still dominate the harbour at low tide and signs advertise lobster and crab.